Cooked Play Dough

Cooked Play Dough
3 cups flour
1 cup salt
6 teaspoons cream of tartar (I think I only used 3 teaspoons)
3 cups water
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Food coloring

Mix flour, salt, and cream of tartar in a large saucepan. Blend water and oil together in a bowl. Add to the saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until it thickens. Add several drops of food coloring until you get the right color. Cook for about five minutes. Take the play dough out of the saucepan and put it on a cutting board or counter and cool for a few minutes so you don't burn yourself. While still warm knead for a few minutes. Add flour if it's too sticky. This play dough should last around three months if you keep it sealed in an airtight container or plastic ziplock bag. It's so smooth and fun to play with when it's still warm. For ornaments: make shapes. Put shapes on a cookie sheet and bake in the oven at 300 degrees F for about one hour until the clay is golden. (You can weight down the shapes with another cookie sheet for the first half hour.) Paint them for fun. Seal with shellac to make shiny.